Safety garment-supporter.



.No. 729,165. PATENTED MAY 26,1908.

E. E. HEILBRON. SAFETY GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17, 1902.

I0 MODEL.

' WITNESSES WMK/QWM% 7 2 6 UNTTED STATES Patented May 26, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD EUSTACE HEILBRON, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR, BY

MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO LOUISVILLE NOVELTY COMPANY, INCORPO- RATED, OFLOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SAFETY GARM ENT-HSUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,165, dated May 26,1903.

Application filed February 1'7, 1902. Serial No. 94,547. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD EUSTACE HEIL- BRON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefi'erson and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Safety Garment-Supporter, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garment-supporters in which pointed pins andbarbs are used; and the objects of myimprovement are, first, minimumcost of manufacture; second, facility of use; third, effectiveness;fourth, durability; fifth, avoidance of constricting bands and straps. Iattain these objects by means of the construction illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- 7 Figure 1 is a perspective view of thedevice; Fig. 2, a vertical central section on the line A B of Fig. 1;Fig. 3, a perspective view of a modification with the barbs below thepins; Fig. 4, a perspective view of a modification of the top of Fig. 1;Fig. 5, a view of the top edge of Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 a perspective viewof a modification with curved top and barbs on the curved portion.

Similar reference-numerals refer to similar parts throughout the severalviews of the drawings.

The body portion 1, with its integral pins 3 and the safety-slide 2,constitutes the body of the device.

1 is the guard-hump above the supportingbarbs.

5 represents the garment-s11 pporting barbs.

6 is the lower expanded end of body portion 1.

7 is the convexity on the shank of the body portion 1 in the path of thesafety-slide 2.

8 is a loop for tape or fabric strip.

9 represents the pockets in slide 2 for receiving the points of the pins8.

The body portion 1 is punched from sheet metal and consists of a singlepiece. Its middle portion is a shank narrower than the top and bottom,which has smooth edges in order that the safety-slide 2 may slidethereon. Near the lower end of the shank is a relatively smalldepression 7 and a corresponding convexity on the opposite side for thepurpose of holding the slide 2 in position after it has passed over. Thelower end 6 of the shank is somewhat enlarged laterally in order toprevent the slide 2 slipping off. The upper end of the body portion 1 isexpanded laterally, so that the whole forms a T,with the pins 3depending from the ends of the cross-arm. This upper end may be providedwith a transverse slot 8 for a tape or a strip of fabric to be put around the leg or waist or over the shoulders; but it is not likely thatthese will be resorted to, since one of the objects of my improvement isto dispense with these constricting expedients. Modifications withoutthe slot 8 are shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 6.

The broad upper portion of the body portion 1 has the barbs 5 punchedout of the metal in such a manner that their points protrude and theirbases remain integral with the body of the metal. In Fig. 4 the metalimmediately about the barb is removed, leaving a clear space. Thesebarbs 5 are for the purpose of supporting closely-fitting garments, suchas socks and stockings, by merely drawing them up over the barbs andreleasing them. When the device is used as a supporter for the socks,the barbs, slightly protruding through the fabric of the sock, wouldcatch the trousers and cause them to creep up; but in order to preventthe catching and creeping of looselyfitting garments applied over thoseto be supported a hump 4 is formed on the body portion, which serves asa guard to keep such garments from contact with the barbs. In themodification shown in Fig. 4 this guard is shown as a roll. A cord maybe put through this roll, and thus attached for any purpose that may bedesired. The pins 3, extending from the expanded body portion 1, are ofsufficient length to take a good hold of the fabric of the garment towhich the supporter is applied and are parallel with the shank and alittle to the rear of its plane, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. In themodification shown in Fig. 3 the hump and the barbs are formed on thelower end of the body portion 1. In all these forms the safety-slide 2embraces the central shank and is slidable thereon and may be made of aband of sheet metal bent into the form shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 6, withpockets or sheaths 9 for receiving the points of pins 3. The slide 2 ismade-preferably of spring material, so that it may hug the faces of theshank closely, pass over the convexity 7, and close in after passing it,so as to remain in place over points of pins 3.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6 the expanded upper end is bent overin the form of a hook, the top portion forming the protecting-hump atand the barbs 5 formed on the end immediately below. This makesa shorterand more compact form of the device.

To use my device, the safety-slide 2 is slid from engagement with thepoints of the pins 3, so as to expose them. When used to support thesocks, the supporter is laid on the leg of the drawers over the shins,with barbs 5 up and the pins 3 in contact with the fabric. By pushingdownward the pins enter the fabric. When it is judged that the pins havetaken s-ufficient hold, the points are run out. Safety-slide 2 is thenpushed over the points, which locks the supporter on the drawersleg. Allthat is then necessary is to draw the top of the sock up over the barbs5 and release it, when it will hang securely where placed. If the socksare subsequently found to be too loose, they may be drawn up in aninstant without releasing any pins, and they will slip up easily overthe barbs, but hang as soon as released. When undressing, the sock-topis drawn up slightly and held free from the barbs 5 and stripped down.The supporters may be' left on the drawers-legs or removed by simplypressing upward on the lower end 6, when they will spring 0H.

' The trousers or other loosely superimposed garment cannot catch on thebarbs 5 on account of the guard 4 just above them.

Having thus fully described my invention and explained its operation andapplication, so that any one skilled in the art pertaining thereto maymake and use it, I desire not to be confined to the special constructionindicated.

Iam aware of Patent No. 378,238 for a device having a sliding cover topass over the points of wire hooks and of Patent No. 249,659, in whichthe points of pins are prosaid body portion, and relatively short barbsdisposed immediately below said protectinghump, substantially asspecified.

2. In a garment-supporter, the combination of a sheet-metal bodyportion, relatively long pins on said body portion, a relatively narrowshank as part of said body portion, relatively short barbs protrudingfrom the expanded part of said body portion for the purpose ofsupporting a merely superimposed garment, a guard-hump in immediateproximity to said barbs, and a cover for aforesaid points slidable onaforesaid shank, substantially as specified.

3. In a garment supporter, which is punched from spring sheet metal, thefol lowing combination: a body portion formed of one piece, a relativelynarrow shank 1, a relatively expanded end on said shank, relativelyshort barbs 5 protruding from and integral with said expanded end, anintegral guard-hump 4 in immediate proximity to said barbs, relativelylong pins 3 integral with and extending from the expanded end of thebody portion and disposed parallel to and to the rear of the plane ofaforementioned shank, a sheet-metal safety-slide 2 embracing andslidable on said shank and having pockets 9 adapted to ensheath thepoints of the pins 3, and a relatively small convexity 7 on the shank ofbody portion 1 in the path of the safety-slide 2, substantially asspecified.

EDWARD EUST'AOE HEILBRON.

Witnesses:

HENRY Y. OFFUTT, RALPH BRISTOL.

